CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2012
- "The Artist as an Explorer," solo show, Clair Gallerie, Munich
- "Ristruturra," Project B, Milan
2011
- "Les Rencontres d'Arles," with FOAM Magazine, Arles
2010
- "Dust to Dust," solo show, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
- "Made in America," Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
- Group Show, Luis De Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles
2009
- "Hyrenes Festival International Photography Competition," Hyrenes, France
- "Northwest Emerging Artists," Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle
- "Expo," SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2008
- "25th Anniversary Show," Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
- "SOIL@SOIL," SOIL Gallery, Seattle
- "Fathom," Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
- JK Gallery, Los Angeles
2007
- "A Forest for the Trees," Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
- "People + Place, Seattle Municipal Tower, Seattle
- "Circle Triangle Square," Archer Gallery, Portland
- "In Focus: SOIL," Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle
2006
- Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle
- "Artist Trust Showcase," Chase Gallery, Spokane
- "Transplant," Backspace at SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2005
- "Aqua Art Fair," SOIL Gallery, Miami
- "SOIL: A Ten Year Retrospective," SOIL Gallery, Seattle
2004
- "Induction, a SOIL New Members Show," SOIL Gallery, Seattle
- "Masquerade," SOIL Gallery, Seattle
- "Furnish," Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle
2003
- "BFA Thesis Exhibition,"Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle
PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
- Organizer, "Expo," SOIL Gallery, Seattle
- Guest Speaker, Gage Academy, Seattle
- Guest Speaker, Cornish College of the Arts
- Guest Speaker, University of Washington
- Organizer, "International Juried Exhibition," SOIL Gallery, Seattle
- Curator, "Facade," SOIL Gallery, Seattle
- Guest Speaker, "Slide Crawl," Crawlspace Gallery, Seattle
- Guest Speaker, "Restore: Constructed Moments in Photography," curated by Fionn Meade, Consolidated Works, Seattle
- Set Designer for DK Pan's "My Mother My Father" at SOIL Gallery, Seattle
- Set Designer for the Degenerate Art Ensemble's "Dreams from Wounded Mouth" at Consolidated Works, Seattle
- Intern for the Society for Photographic Education
- Organizer and Curator for exhibition "16x20" at PCNW, Seattle
EDUCATION
- Western Washington University, 2 years
- University of Washington, 4 years, BFA Photography
AWARDS
- GAP Grant, 2004, 2007, 2010
- 4 Culture Project Grant, 2009
- Seattle City Artist Award, 2009
- Artist Trust Fellowship, 2004
- Nordstrom Art Scholarship, 2003
- Parnassus Award, 2002
COLLECTIONS
- Orange County Art Museum, California
- Seattle Art Museum, Seattle
- Portland Art Museum, Portland
- The Henry Art Gallery, Seattle
- Houston Fine Arts Museum
- Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection, Seattle
- Microsoft Collection, Seattle
- 4Culture, Seattle
- King County Portable Works, Seattle
- Covington Library, Seattle
- Ines Musumeci Greco Collection, Rome
- Manfred Leist Collection, Munich
- Michelle Vrebalouich Collection, New York
- Sir Elton John Collection, Atlanta
PRESS
- "Freedom, Possibility and a Desire for Purity," interview with Marc Fuestel, FOAM magazine, Fall 2010
- "Chris Engman: Tracking Time, Space, and Cinder Blocks," by Brian Miller, The Seattle Weekly, September 2010
- "The Zen Master and the German Engineer," by Jen Graves, The Stranger, November 2010
- "Seattle photographer Chris Engman tricks the eye and the mind in 'Dust to Dust,'" by Michael Upchurch, The Seattle Times, November 2010
- "Say Hello to Chris Engman," interview with Joey Veltkamp, Best Of, November 2010
- "Art That Makes You Question Your Perceptions," conversation with Gary Faigin, KUOW Presents, December 2010
- "Seduced: The Lying, Cheating Heart of Photography," by Jen Graves, The Stranger, January 2007
- "Circle Triangle Square," by John Motley, The Portland Mercury, January 2007
- "Elton John Has A Feeding Frenzy at Greg Kucera," by Jen Graves, The Stranger, September 2006
- "Artist Constructs, Then Photographs His Own Bleak Scenarios In The Desert," by Regina Hackett, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 2006
- "The Desert King," by Clare Baker, The Big Picture, December 2006
- "There's Not A Single Weed In Soil's Group Show by Regina Hackett, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, October 2006
- "Local Artists Crash The Basel/Miami Art Fair And Come Out Purring," by Regina Hackett, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 2005
- "It's Been Real: Two Photographers' Parallel Universes," by Nate Lippens, The Stranger, November 2004